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Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood

Kansas rates for HCPCS 86932

Covers both halves of long-term blood storage: preparing and freezing a unit of donated blood, and later thawing and washing it so it is ready to transfuse. Frozen storage is used mainly for rare blood types and for holding a reserve supply.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing And Later Thawing A Unit Of Blood cost?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$72.44$58.88 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$64.57 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $30 to $200Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $44 to $115
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $72

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$83.18

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Oregon than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$74.13

OR $112ND $50.12

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.